When Richistan HOA was recognized as a 501(c)(4), Richistan was not a gated community.

FORBES: Keeping The 99% Out Is Not Promoting Social Welfare

BPAmoco is helping to finance a child-nutrition and maternal-health programme in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam.

ECONOMIST: Companies and health

In Hanoi, I got to meet the young Vietnamese founder of Peacesoft, Nguyen Hoa Binh, 29 (pictured).

FORBES: eBay Tries Vietnam After China Bust

This month, Viet Hoa Bank has refused to repay some deposits placed with it by a South Korean bank.

ECONOMIST: Banking in Vietnam

This could be in the form of mild to severe property damage, unpaid HOA fees, taxes, second mortgages and various other liens.

FORBES: Are Distressed Homes Worth Buying?

Richistan HOA decided to put a stop to that sort of thing.

FORBES: Keeping The 99% Out Is Not Promoting Social Welfare

Richistan HOA was focused on taking care of the roads and common areas of a fenced community consisting of 426 homes and a golf course.

FORBES: Keeping The 99% Out Is Not Promoting Social Welfare

And make sure that your next house is in a neighborhood with an HOA and strong and clear rules about what's allowed and what's unsightly.

WSJ: How to Handle Messy Neighbors

My local HOA has similar rules as well and I read them closely when my wife and I bought out house a few years ago.

FORBES: Adam Thierer, Infrastructure Socialist

For Hoa, money is no longer an attraction.

CNN: The Abortion Dilemma

The origin of Viet Hoa's difficulties is revealing.

ECONOMIST: Banking in Vietnam

In South Vietnam, man, in Bien Hoa.

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